Did something change with the brakes?

[Swissdani]

After a long month I finally had time to fly again, still on my 5.2 setup. Somehow all my airplanes lost the brakes that I set up via fsuipc. The rudder itself is working fine, but when I push down the pedals to brake nothing happens. The axes are still set in fsuipc as always and also the calibration is still the same. When I move the brake pedals within the fsuipc I see the values changing.

Any idea what could trigger this behaviour?

[aua668]

Hi,

Have you connected the brakes to a different USB port? Did you auto-assign letters to your devices? Your FSUIPC INI-file an LOG-file will be necessary to analyze your problem. I am quite sure, the solution for your problem can be found there.

Rgds
Reinhard

[Swissdani]

Good morning Reinhard

No, I didn't change anything regarding the ports. The files are attached here.

FSUIPC6.log FSUIPC6.ini

[John Dowson]

First, you are using quite and of version of FSUIPC6, v6.0.12. The latest (and only supported) version of FSUIPC6 is v6.1.6 - please update.

After updating, produce a short log file showing your issue: activate logging for Axes controls, load your aircraft and then move each brake through its full range, then exit FSUIPC/P3D and show me the FSUIPC6.log file.

As you are also using Linda, it may be a good idea to disable Linda for this test.

And your log shows that you have installed FSUIPC6 under your Windows Documents folder. This can cause issues - it is better to install in a non-protected folder and just have your add-on.xml file under the Documents\Prepar3D v5 Add-ons\FSUIPC6 folder. You should consider installing in a different folder when you update (and remember to move all your files across to the new installation folder afterwards).

John

[Swissdani]

Hi John

Update is done and the log file attached. Linda is not used with the FSL bus, I only use it with the Boeings together with the honeycomb alpha and bravo.

FSUIPC6.log

[aua668]

Hi,

 

Looking at your calibration of the brakes in the Airbus profile, the values seem a little bit strange to me:

LeftBrake=-14335,15604/16
RightBrake=-13567,-5760/16

Is there really such a big difference between left and right brake? 

In the 777 calibration profile you have a strange line included

!1=SlopeLeftBr

Maybe you check the calibration of your brakes. First in Windows. Then check, that you have no assignment set in the simulator. And then check the generic calibration and especially the profile specific calibration for your brakes.

Rgds
Reinhard

 

[aua668]

2 hours ago, Swissdani said:

Linda is not used with the FSL bus, I only use it with the Boeings together with the honeycomb alpha and bravo.

But nevertheless you are starting LINDA always. So maybe you disable it for the tests to avoid any interference.

One question for the FSL bus: Does it have it's own calibration mechanism too, or is it completely relying on FSUIPC and simulator? I don't own this plane so I have no experience with it.

Rgds
Reinhard

 

[Swissdani]

1 hour ago, aua668 said:

Hi,

 

Looking at your calibration of the brakes in the Airbus profile, the values seem a little bit strange to me:

LeftBrake=-14335,15604/16
RightBrake=-13567,-5760/16

Is there really such a big difference between left and right brake? 

In the 777 calibration profile you have a strange line included

!1=SlopeLeftBr

Maybe you check the calibration of your brakes. First in Windows. Then check, that you have no assignment set in the simulator. And then check the generic calibration and especially the profile specific calibration for your brakes.

Rgds
Reinhard

 

There is nothing set to the brakes in sim. I tried that last night manually and then the brakes actually do apply a bit. I saw that as well that the value for the right brake is much less than it used to be in the past. Might be an early indication of a hardware failure, but still at least the left brake shows perfectly normal values. I hope they last until the honeycomb charlie comes availabe.

In windows the brakes to work and have movement in the system setting calibration page. Not full movement for the left brake, but there is movement. Problems applies to all my profile, airbus, 747, 777 etc.

[John Dowson]

Sorry for the delay in this...

As Reinhard has said, your right brake calibration for the FSLabs profile looks strange (and very different from your general calibration). And it is always better to disable Linda, even if you think its not being used, as I cannot tell from the logs.

You can try to calibrate in windows first (to check the range of the brake axes), but I think this is difficult/nit possible due to the need to 'press a button' to start the calibration, that normally isn't available from pedals (as far as I remember!).

You could try with a stock/default aircraft. to see if your brakes work there - you can attach a log and I will take a look.

Otherwise, some complex 3rd party add-ons sometimes don't work correctly when using FSUIPC's calibration facilities due to priority levels. You could try deleting the calibration for your brakes in the FSLabs profile, and re-assigning to the FS control, as opposed to 'Direct to FSUIPC Calibration'.

Also, your logs show that controllers are ON in P3D. This may be ok, but we recommend that you disable controllers as P3D has a tendency to automatically re-assign your axes. As controllers are on, double check that you don't have also have assignments in P3D.

John

[Swissdani]

Hi John

Thanks for getting back to me. Yes the calibration does look strange indeed and it looks way different then what it used to look in the past with the same pedals. It may actually be the start of a hardware breakdown. I will try to get hold of another pair of pedals and see how they are performing in the next few days. 

I already did recalibrate the pedals in windows, but also there the window of movement seems to be very limit compared to before. 

I already did what you suggested and re-assigend the brakes to FS control and there is actually a small brake movement. I also tried to assign the brakes via the FSL own controls panel which they most developed for the TCA thrustermaster stick and also there is no brake movement at all. Also with general aircraft like the standard F35 there isn't any brake movements.